Q 01/05

In which city was David Letterman born?

A) Chicago

B) Cleveland

C) Indianapolis

D) Cincinnati

Answer · why

C) Indianapolis

David Letterman was born in Indianapolis on April 12, 1947; he attended Broad Ripple High School there and worked as a stock boy at the local Atlas Su...

Q 02/05

Letterman graduated in 1969 from which university, where he later endowed a scholarship for 'C students'?

A) Purdue

B) Ball State

C) Indiana University

D) Notre Dame

Answer · why

B) Ball State

Letterman graduated from Ball State in 1969, studying in what was then the Department of Radio and Television in Muncie, Indiana; he later funded a sc...

Q 03/05

As a young Indiana TV weatherman, Letterman drew attention for doing what on air?

A) Forecasting in a gorilla suit

B) Refusing to say the word 'snow'

C) Predicting the weather for Mars

D) Congratulating a tropical storm on becoming a hurricane

Answer · why

D) Congratulating a tropical storm on becoming a hurricane

Congratulating a tropical storm on becoming a hurricane was one of his on-air stunts at station WLWI, along with reporting hail 'the size of canned ha...

Q 04/05

In 1975 Letterman moved to Los Angeles and began performing stand-up at which Los Angeles club?

A) The Improv

B) The Comedy Store

C) The Laugh Factory

D) Catch a Rising Star

Answer · why

B) The Comedy Store

Letterman began performing stand-up at The Comedy Store after moving west in 1975; his then-wife Michelle and several Sigma Chi fraternity brothers en...

Q 05/05

Letterman's first NBC show, The David Letterman Show, aired in 1980 in what time slot?

A) Late night

B) Weekday mornings

C) Saturday prime time

D) Sunday afternoons

Answer · why

B) Weekday mornings

Weekday mornings at 10 a.m. was its slot: The David Letterman Show ran from June to October 1980, won two Emmys but flopped in the ratings and was can...